Jones, Frances, (Mrs.Joseph" J.C".) 1862-1947

JONES, SCOTT

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Date: 3/14/2015 at 20:03:26

Mrs. J. C. Jones 85, a resident of Ireton for 46 years, died at the Hawarden Hospital at 3:30 Sat. morning after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. J. Boyd Stevenson, the pastor in charge. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Pall bearers were her grandsons, Morris Wills, Cecil Wills, Lee and Lloyd Liston and Marion and William Jones.

Frances Scott was born in Christian County, Ill. June 5, 1862. She married J. C. Jones at Palmer, Ill. April 10, 1884. In 1891 she went to Ireton and located on a farm where she lived until 33 years ago when she went to Ireton.

Survivors are her husband and four sons and two daughters, James, A. E. and Ralph Jones and Mrs. C. C. Wills of Ireton; Clarence Jones of Wetonka, S. D. and Mrs. Floyd Bartlett Le Mars, 20 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Roy Jones, Mrs. Effie Liston and Pearl Jones preceded their mother in death.

Mrs. Jones was the last member of her family. Mr. and Mrs. Jones observed their 63 wedding anniversary last April.

Source: Hawarden Independent 9/25/1947